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Special pages are pages generated by the software on demand for special purposes, usually related to project maintenance. They are found in the Special: namespace, a virtual namespace whose pages lack corresponding talk pages. They are not written in wikitext and cannot be directly edited but elements of their pages can sometimes be edited through corresponding pages in the MediaWiki namespace. If you make a normal redirect to a special page, the redirect will not be immediately followed (though special pages can be targets of soft redirects), and directly creating any pages beginning with the Special: prefix is also not possible.

Special pages often take parameters. Sometimes these can be supplied after a slash (as in Special:Log/block); in other cases an index.php call is used; for example https://sarna.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=3&limit=10. Also, the content of most special pages depends on preferences that have been set by the user, e.g. classic or enhanced Recent Changes, the number of titles in Recent Changes and the watchlist, etc.

A directory of special pages available for the current user can be accessed from Special:SpecialPages, which is found in the sidebar of every page on BattleTechWiki in the Tools section.

Modifying special pages[edit]

Although special pages are not themselves editable, they generally contain standard text which is modifiable (although only by administrators). To find the right portion of text, append ?uselang=qqx to the special page URL, or append &uselang=qqx instead if the URL already contains a ?. This will reveal message names in parentheses. Then, go to that name in the MediaWiki namespace. For example, Special:BookSources?uselang=qqx reveals "(booksources-summary)", so MediaWiki:Booksources-summary is used on that page.

Available special pages[edit]

By function[edit]

General information[edit]

Page listings[edit]

Tools[edit]

Latest changes[edit]

  • Special:AbuseFilter (Edit filter management): a set of tools for detecting problematic edits.
  • Special:AbuseLog (Edit filter log): the log generated by the Abuse Filter.
  • Special:Log (All public logs): combined display of various logs. The type of log, user and page affected can be specified. Parameters "block", "delete", "protect" and "upload" are available. e.g. Special:Log/block displays the block log directly.
  • Special:NewFiles (Gallery of new files): gallery of new uploaded files.
  • Special:NewPages: newest pages with creation date and time, current size, user who created the page, and first edit summary, in reverse order of creation.
  • Special:RecentChanges: lists the latest edits in the project. Changes to watched pages appear bold.
  • Special:RecentChangesLinked (Related changes): enables listing of the most recent changes in pages linked from a selected page, or belonging to a selected category. Changes to watched pages appear bold. The page can be supplied as a parameter, e.g. Special:RecentChangesLinked/Lesotho.
  • Special:Tags: lists the tags with which edits may be marked.

Users[edit]

Personal[edit]

Maintenance[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

Restricted[edit]

The following pages can be accessed only by users with certain privileges.

Infrequently updated[edit]

The following special pages are updated on a less regular schedule.

Alphabetical order[edit]

A[edit]

B[edit]

C[edit]

D[edit]

E[edit]

F[edit]

G[edit]

I[edit]

L[edit]

M[edit]

N[edit]

O[edit]

P[edit]

R[edit]

S[edit]

T[edit]

  • Special:Tags, Tags that the software may mark an edit or logged action with, and their meaning
  • Special:TrackingCategories, Tracking categories which are automatically populated by the MediaWiki software

U[edit]

V[edit]

  • Special:Version, Version of MediaWiki in use, extensions installed, authors, etc.

W[edit]

Linking and transcluding[edit]

To create a link to a special page:

It can take a label:

  • [[Special:PrefixIndex/BTW|All BTWs]] → All BTWs

To present the list on a page, transclude the name:

  • {{Special:PrefixIndex/BTW}}

However, some pages cannot be transcluded and would produce only a wikilink (e.g., {{Special:Random}} → Special:Random). When non-existent pages are linked or transcluded, a red link is produced.

More information on transcludable special pages can be found at Help:Transclusion#Special pages.

Links containing URL query strings[edit]

Main page: Help:Link § Links containing URL query strings

Because the ampersand character (&) is disallowed, it is not possible to create an ordinary link containing &action=edit or &redirect=no in the URL query string.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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